Pause for thought? Interesting?
http://militarytimes.com/valor/army-spc-justin-a-rollins/2610400/
I love the parts where he was planning to ask his GF to marry him; how he replaced the dinky scope on his rifle with one he purchased with his own resources when he was promoted to unit sniper, and his connection to David Ortiz of the Red Sox.
I hope the pup brings the family some love and peace during this difficult loss. God Bless them all.
Yes, I believe it.
I was at Gettysburg with my brother. He got 2 flags to put in the park and put the Confederate flag at Devil’s Den per some famous picture.
We made our way along Little Roundtop to the area where the 20th Maine made its bayonet charge to hold the US extreme left against the Rebels. We were in a tall forest on an overcast day with no direct sunlight at all. My brother took a few steps forward with the flag and said “I don’t know why I want to put this here but I just do”, then he stepped over a log and stuck the stick of the little US Flag into the soil in front of a big rock. He stepped back and just then a single glaring ray of sunlight shot down through the tall trees and rested right on the little flag, lighting in up when everything around it was just kind of damp and dim.
My brother and I looked at each other like, “Hmmm... that was certainly interesting”. Somehow he was dialed into something and I’ll go to my grave believing this was more than just random coincidence. Sure it could be, I sure can’t explain it. But he says “I don’t know why I want to put this here. I just do,” and them BOOM!, one single bolt of glaring light flash on the flag for a 20 seconds or so and then dims out and is gone.
Freaky.